Hot take: They should remake Star Wars.

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In before, "What do you call Force Awakens?"

The last trilogy was already a confusing mess of not really wanting to know where they wanted to take the plot and so just kind of half-heartedly redoing the first one, and it's hard to imagine that attempts to continue the story are going to end up being anything but given how the studio's just going to want to hit the same tired plot points yet again anyway even though there's pretty much no real remaining logical basis to do so.

At this point the movie's just a handful of years away from its 50th anniversary, and a lot of the actors who were in it are either dead or want nothing to do with it. Since the story's hit a reasonable stopping point anyway, and so much of the franchise just sells itself around nostalgia, I feel like if you want to keep making movies of it, by now you'd be better off starting with a clean slate and seeing how things shake out from there rather than trying to keep going with it.

Of course you could always still do your side projects set in the original canon or whatever if you want - I really can't claim to particular care about things having a strong sense of continuity - but I feel like at least in terms of the films it's about the only way forward that isn't just going to be a mess, particularly given how much controversy came out of Last Jedi trying something different for once. Start it from scratch and then you don't have the same preconceived notions attached to it. Plus hey, studios love to cater to China, maybe if they start over from the word go Chinese audiences might actually come around to giving a damn about this franchise.

[dirtyoldman]

Didn't Lucas pretty much remade parts during the late 90s?

[Pooh Carlson]

No. There's just no need to. They can easily jump around in time settings to tell new stories, like they're doing with High Republic. There's no need to erase or replace what has already happened.

[Zombie Mod is not a ghoul.]

remaking it is a terrible idea.

you either do it as a shot for shot copy updating the dialog to fit the currently existing narrative of the continuity angering people in the process see 1998's psycho for an example or you have to change everything angering people in the process and may as well have just done a different film.

either way you risk your career on either a financial bomb or be seen as someone who just wanted make a fan fic version of an existing property.

there aren't many films that cant really be remade and I genuinely think star wars is one of them. it's a combination of right time for the film, right cast for it that just wouldnt be repeatable.

[Push R Truth]

Hot Take: Remake Schindler's List by setting it in 1999 and Oscar Schindler has a talking dog.

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*walks up to microphone, taps microphone, puts mouth right up to microphone*

They did.






But seriously (lol, wait for it), there's probably a LucasFilm vat of people being grown like Snoke clones for the sole purpose of remaking Star Wars, because I don't think any living person who's seen it could possibly be qualified to objectively remake those films.

[ERON]

I actually think it would be cool to see the original script reshot in a completely different visual style and with entirely new visual designs. They could even do a whole trilogy called "Star Wars Reimagined" or something, where they give the 1977 script to three very different directors and give them carte blanche, just to see what unique direction each takes it in.

[Glitch]

The thing is, people still watch the original trilogy. Kids today still watch it. It'd be incredibly pointless and satisfies no one.

If you want more stuff involving the original characters, it would more sense to make new Luke Skywalker adventures by recasting him.

[salz4life]

I just can't see how a new telling of the original trilogy would live up to the original presentation..... even with new technology that would make it "look better". The people that played the characters are the characters. The new actors would NOT live up to this. I say this is someone that is not really a fan (but definitely not a hater) of Star Wars. I would think the superfans would mostly think this is sacrilege.

[Hurbster]

Remake the prequels and the sequels, sure.

[Ryback on a Pole!]

Nah, like Back to the Future, the originals hold up perfectly fine today.

[Mainia]

Yeah no. Horrible idea.

[Deleted]

It's tough because you know exactly where it goes. The story isn't the most important thing about the trilogy but a good deal is lost when you know all the character relationships beforehand.

[Tenshigure]

If things like The Mandalorian and Rogue One prove, it's that the Skywalker Saga is best left as a foundation of the universe it has, because there are countless other stories that can be told within the same universe without the need to include the original tie-ins.

[clifford]

Meh. If the success/quality of the Mandalorian/Clone Wars/Rebels is anything to go by, and the fact there is like 50 side projects in the works, it proves that Star Wars, as an entity, is better as this massive shared universe of multiple intersecting stories than trying to be this epic be-all end-all opera.

The classic trilogy was perfect, and the failed attempts to emulate it with the prequel and sequel trilogies proved that.

[Fade is a CodyCryBaby]

Sure. Why not.

I don’t really care anymore. Different fans within Star Wars like different things. I’m ok with not loving parts of it from now on or occasionally digging shit like The Mandalorian. Lucasfilm gon’ Lucasfilm, that’s fine by me.

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

I'd rather have the original theatrical cuts.

[Cyno]

The various special editions already fill the same role as remakes would.